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bcmwl package

bcmwl-kernel-source doesn't install with mainline kernels

Bug #1023145 reported by Paulo Matos on 2012-07-10

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This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bcmwl (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I tried to install a mainline kernel by installing the deb files provided by ubuntu, however my wifi doesn't start. Upon trying to install bcmwl-kernel-source I get:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,151 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
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Preparing to replace bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1 (using .../bcmwl-kernel-source_5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
Unpacking replacement bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Setting up bcmwl-kernel-source (5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1) ...
Loading new bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom DKMS files...
Building only for 3.5.0-030500rc6-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.5.0-030500rc6-generic
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-3.5.0-030500rc6-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.5.0-030500rc6-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-030500rc6-generic

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 10 21:35:39 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bcmwl
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Paulo Matos (pmatos) wrote on 2012-07-10:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Paulo Matos (pmatos) wrote on 2012-07-10:

#2

Note that I reported this bug using 3.2.0-26, however the bug happens while on 3.5.0.

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Luigi R. (xluigi84) wrote on 2012-11-13:

#3

Same problem. As soon as I have installed 3.5.0 bcmwl stopped to work. I tried to reinstall it under 3.5.0 unsuccessfully, I mean the package it is installed but the wifi card doesn't work. Any progress on this bug so far?

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Luigi R. (xluigi84) wrote on 2012-11-13:

#4

The installation of the package give this error:

Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the
kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.

I have installed the kernel 3.5.0 from the ubuntu ppa and then sudo apt-get install linux. I believe some package has not been updated, for instance linux-generic is still 3.2.032.35.

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Luigi R. (xluigi84) wrote on 2012-11-13:

#5

Other test:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
Lettura elenco dei pacchetti... Fatto
Generazione albero delle dipendenze
Lettura informazioni sullo stato... Fatto
0 aggiornati, 0 installati, 3 reinstallati, 0 da rimuovere e 0 non aggiornati.
È necessario scaricare 0 B/926 kB di archivi.
Dopo quest'operazione, verranno occupati 0 B di spazio su disco.
(Lettura del database... 227407 file e directory attualmente installati.)
Preparativi per sostituire build-essential v.11.5ubuntu2.1 (utilizzando .../build-essential_11.5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb)...
Estrazione del sostituto di build-essential...
Preparativi per sostituire linux-headers-3.5.0-030500-generic v.3.5 (utilizzando .../linux-headers-3.5.0-030500-generic_3.5_amd64.deb)...
Estrazione del sostituto di linux-headers-3.5.0-030500-generic...
Preparativi per sostituire linux-headers-generic v.3.2.0.32.35 (utilizzando .../linux-headers-generic_3.2.0.32.35_amd64.deb)...
Estrazione del sostituto di linux-headers-generic...
Configurazione di build-essential (11.5ubuntu2.1)...
Configurazione di linux-headers-3.5.0-030500-generic (3.5)...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.5.0-030500-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-030500-generic
Error! Your kernel headers for kernel 3.5.0-030500-generic cannot be found.
Please install the linux-headers-3.5.0-030500-generic package,
or use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located
Configurazione di linux-headers-generic (3.2.0.32.35)...

but sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-030500-generic returns that this package is already installed.

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Luigi R. (xluigi84) wrote on 2012-11-13:

#6

The last attempt was to install the .deb package instead of using the ppa and this is what I get trying to install again the bcmwl package :

ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-3.5.0-030500-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.5.0-030500-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.100.82.38+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.

In the meantime I downgraded again to 3.2

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-11-13:

#7

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Naftuli Kay (naftulikay) wrote on 2013-01-11:

#8

In the log, it reports the following:

/usr/src/bcmwl-5.100.82.38+bdcom/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:43:24: fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory

This seems to be causing it to fail. Did something change in the kernel which dropped this file?

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Naftuli Kay (naftulikay) wrote on 2013-01-11:

#9

Fix found on this page by user ffrbw:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-280821.html

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Adam Porter (alphapapa) wrote on 2013-06-09:

#10

This is probably now obsolete due to newer packages and kernels.

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-08-09:

#11

[Expired for bcmwl (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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